diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsexprparser.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsexprparser.pas
index 5a55a80ce..9249b1ecf 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsexprparser.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsexprparser.pas
@@ -1127,26 +1127,38 @@ begin
 end;
 
 function TsExpressionScanner.DoIdentifier: TsTokenType;
+var
+  isInSqBr: Boolean;
+  isQuoted: Boolean;
 
   function IsR1C1Char(C: Char): Boolean; inline;
   begin
-    Result := (FParser.Dialect = fdExcelR1C1) and (C in ['[', ']', '-']);
+    if (FParser.Dialect = fdExcelR1C1) then
+      Result := (C = '[') or (C = ']') or (isInSqBr and (C = '-'))
+    else
+      Result := false;
   end;
 
 var
   C: Char;
   S: String;
-  isQuoted: Boolean;
   ok: Boolean;
 begin
   C := CurrentChar;
   isQuoted := C = '''';
+  isInSqBr := C = '[';
 
   while ((not IsWordDelim(C)) or IsQuoted or IsR1C1Char(C)) and (C <> cNULL) do
   begin
     FToken := FToken + C;
     C := NextPos;
     if C = '''' then isQuoted := false;
+    if (FParser.Dialect = fdExcelR1C1) then begin
+      if (C = '[') then
+        isInSqBr := true
+      else if (C = ']') then
+        isInSqBr := false;
+    end;
   end;
 
   if (FParser.Dialect = fdExcelR1C1) then begin
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas
index bb9b7310b..bbd5859bd 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas
@@ -5876,9 +5876,6 @@ begin
     exit;
   end;
 
-  formula := FFormulas.AddFormula(ACell^.Row, ACell^.Col, AFormula);
-  // wp: Why is this created when boIgnoreFormulas is active?
-
   if not (boIgnoreFormulas in Workbook.Options) then
   begin
     // Remove '='; is not stored internally
@@ -5895,6 +5892,8 @@ begin
       else
         parser.Expression := AFormula;
       AFormula := parser.Expression;
+
+      formula := FFormulas.AddFormula(ACell^.Row, ACell^.Col, AFormula);
     except
       on E:Exception do begin
         if FWorkbook.FReadWriteFlag = rwfNormal then
@@ -5904,7 +5903,7 @@ begin
             FName, GetCellString(ACell^.Row, ACell^.Col), E.Message]
           );
           parser.Free;
-          FFormulas.DeleteFormula(ACell^.Row, ACell^.Col);
+          //FFormulas.DeleteFormula(ACell^.Row, ACell^.Col);
           exit;
         end;
       end;
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxml.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxml.pas
index f94444a6f..02495a469 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxml.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxml.pas
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ begin
   s := GetAttrValue(ANode, 'ss:Protected');
   if s ='1' then
     AWorksheet.Options := AWorksheet.Options + [soProtected];
-  ;
+
   ANode := ANode.FirstChild;
   while ANode <> nil do begin
     nodeName := ANode.NodeName;
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/tests/formulatests.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/tests/formulatests.pas
index 39f293b41..020423a43 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/tests/formulatests.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/tests/formulatests.pas
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ type
     procedure Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_BIFF5;
     procedure Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_BIFF8;
     procedure Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_OOXML;
-    procedure Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_XML;
+//    procedure Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_XML;
     procedure Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_ODS;
 
     { Overwrite formula with other content }
@@ -887,11 +887,11 @@ procedure TSpreadWriteReadFormulaTests.Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_OOXML;
 begin
   Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormulas(sfOOXML);
 end;
-
+                                       {
 procedure TSpreadWriteReadFormulaTests.Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_XML;
 begin
   Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormulas(sfExcelXML);
-end;
+end;                                    }
 
 procedure TSpreadWriteReadFormulaTests.Test_Write_Read_Calc3DFormula_ODS;
 begin